> On May 6, 2026, at 3:42 PM, Evan Rusackas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey Rich,
>
> Thanks for the opportunity! I *might* be the only Superset Committer/PMC
> attending, but if anyone else seeing this is going, HOLLER!
>
> Not sure if other random attendees would be interested in hacking on
> Superset, but I’m sure game if you think they are. If not, I’m happy to sit
> there hacking on my own and/or work on the fledgling project (or perhaps
> sprouting project, in a post-feather ASF) that Jarek is spinning up… but
> that’s a whole other topic :D
>
> If anyone here is indeed interested, ping me directly or on this list with
> some ideas, and we’ll get our game together.
*Definintely* not limited to existing committers. Indeed, the whole purpose of
this is to bring in new contributors, get them to meet existing community
members, and get more engaged. If stuff gets done, that’s a nice side effect.
We’ll save a spot for you.
>>
>>> Hi Superset community,
>>>
>>> We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 (October
>>> 11–14) and Superset has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for your
>>> community to participate.
>>>
>>> The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for
>>> contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks — fixing
>>> bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or
>>> onboarding new contributors.
>>>
>>> To participate, we'd need a few things from your project:
>>> • A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on logistics and
>>> who'll be present at the event.
>>> • A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or whatever
>>> your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up ready to
>>> contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to work on.
>>> • Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting people know
>>> this is happening and encouraging them to attend.
>>>
>>> This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're treating
>>> it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing to scale. Even
>>> if only a few contributors from your project can participate, that's a
>>> great start.
>>>
>>> If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. Even a
>>> quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we figure out
>>> how many projects to plan for.
>>>
>>> Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack —
>>> that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together:
>>> http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners
—
Rich Bowen
[email protected]
